1.Autonomous (自動(dòng)的) cars,self-driving cars,robotic cars,or driverless cars-whatever you call them-are coming to a showroom(陳列室) near you.
It might take a couple of years,but few people at the Geneva Motor Show would disagree that one day science fantasy (幻想) will become reality.
However,while Google,BMW,F(xiàn)ord and IBM have been working on the technology (技術(shù)),less attention has been given to what it means for passengers.The Swiss company,Rinspeed,has tried to show the future with its concept car (概念車),Xchange.
"I wanted to put the passenger at the centre of what is possible,not the autonomous driving technology,"says Rinspeed's founder Frank Rinderknecht."Travelling in a driverless car will no longer require me to stare at the road,but will let me spend my time in a more meaningful way.You can work,sleep,read,or do whatever activities you might do on a train or a plane.
"But driverless cars will not mean the death of driving",Mr Rinderknecht says.There will be times when a driver will want to drive."Most driving is boring because you are just driving miles and miles.If I go on the motorway from London to Birmingham,it's not very joyful.However,if I go over a mountain road,I want to drive myself and I don't want the machine to do it."
The safety matter will be a big challenge for companies of autonomous cars.
Mr Rinderknecht is already thinking beyond this concept car."There will come a time when we will be travelling in a container,with no airbags or seatbelts because the chances of an accident will be so small."But the real challenge may not be technological,but emotional.Convincing people to travel in a driverless car will be difficult.
"We know that nine out of ten plane crashes are due to pilot's error.But if you go to Heathrow Airport and you are required to make a choice between planes with two pilots or with no pilot,I know which one you will trust.It may require a generation before people accept it,but it will happen",he says.
32.When developing its Xchange concept car,Rinspeed has focused onC.
A.ensuring the cars'safety
B.a(chǎn)dvancing car-making skills
C.improving passengers'riding experience
D.developing autonomous driving technology
33.According to Mr Rinderknecht,what will be the real challenge for driverless cars?B
A.Ensuring their complete safety.
B.Persuading people to accept them.
C.Making them affordable to the public.
D.Setting out relative laws and rules.
34.According to Mr Rinderknecht,in the futureA.
A.driverless cars will be safer
B.driverless cars will help save more gas
C.driverless cars will be environmentally friendly
D.driving driverless cars will become interesting
35.What's Mr Rinderknecht's attitude towards the future of driverless cars?D
A.Doubtful.
B.Worried.
C.Uncertain.
D.Confident.
分析 文章講述了在現(xiàn)代科技的發(fā)展下,無人駕駛汽車越來越受到歡迎,雖然存在質(zhì)疑但是前景很樂觀.
解答 C BAD
32.C 細(xì)節(jié)題.通過第三段However,while Google,BMW,F(xiàn)ord and IBM have been working on the technology (技術(shù)),less attention has been given to what it means for passengers可知,雖然像Google,BMW,F(xiàn)ord and IBM 這些大公司一直注重科技,但是卻不太關(guān)注乘客的感受,所以Rinspeed比較關(guān)注乘客的駕駛感受,故選C.
33.B 推理題.根據(jù)But the real challenge may not be technological,but emotional.Convincing people to travel in a driverless car will be difficult.真實(shí)的挑戰(zhàn)不是來自于技術(shù),而是情感上的,很難讓人們接受無人駕駛的車,故選B.
34.A 細(xì)節(jié)題.通過There will come a time when we will be travelling in a container,with no airbags or seatbelts because the chances of an accident will be so small可知,在未來,無人駕駛車出事故的幾率會(huì)很小,暗示未來的無人駕駛汽車會(huì)越來越安全,故選A.
35.D 情感態(tài)度題.通過It may require a generation before people accept it,but it will happen",he says.It may require a generation before people accept it,but it will happen",he says.推出,Rinderknecht對(duì)于未來的一代人接受無人駕駛車很自信,故選D.
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